Understanding the “The Surge”

Imagine you purposefully set my two-story house on fire. (You said it was the only way for me to deal with my roach problem. Turns out, I don’t have roaches.) Then, as the smoke was settling, you come over with a flatbed truck, loaded with wood and a bunch of nails. You start rebuilding; you even manage to build me a new first story. It’s nice, too.

Now am I supposed to congratulate you for all the construction work you did? Does it change the fact that you burned down my house in the first place?